Pāli Dictionary

kakkhaḷa

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

pāpaka, khara, pharusa, ludda, lūkha, caṇḍa, kakkasa, ruddha,

general

  • कठोर; खुरदुरा; रूखा

  • hard; solid; rough; harsh (of texture or sound)

  • MN 62

    yaṃ kiñci, rāhula, ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ kakkhaḷaṃ kharigataṃ upādinnaṃ… yaṃ vā pan'aññam'pi kiñci ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ kakkhaḷaṃ kharigataṃ upādinnaṃ, ayaṃ vuccati, rāhula, ajjhattikā pathavīdhātu

ethics

  • क्रूर; निर्दयी; हिंसक

  • cruel; fierce; pitiless; violent

Encyclopedia

Kakkhaḷa
Person

  • क्रूर के अर्थ वाली एक उपाधि, जो जेट्ठतिस्स प्रथम को उन मंत्रियों को मृत्युदंड देकर तथा उनके शवों को चिता के चारों ओर सूली पर चढ़ाकर दी गई, जो अनिच्छा से उनके पिता के अंत्येष्टि जुलूस में शामिल हुए थे।

  • An epithet meaning the cruel one, given to Jeṭṭhatissa I after he had the ministers who had reluctantly joined his father’s funeral procession put to death and their bodies impaled around the funeral pyre.

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